From the Medina County Gazette
Friday, December 9, 1881

“Liverpool. It may be interesting to the readers o our esteemed County Journal to explain in a few lines a great improvement the good people of St. Martin’s (German Roman Catholic) congregation are making to their church. It consists in a large new pope organ, the value of which is $3,000.00. It has been built expressly to suit their noble edifice, at the well known factory of Odenbrett & Abler, Milwaukee, Wis., and is now being put up by Mr. Philip Odenbrett, the senior partner of the firm.

The case being 24 feet high, is of a beautiful and strictly gothic design. The large metal or show pipes are made of te best English block tin and highly polished, having a bright silvery appearance, instead of the usual cheap way of making the pipes of zinc and covering them with paint or gold to hide the appearance of this cheap but poor metal, which is never capable to producing that pure and silvery quality of tone natural to pure tin.

Our worthy pastor, Rev. S. Rebholtz, is now entering his tenth year of pastoral duty in this congregation, and we may say it has been a time of blessing, if we stop to consider the luke -warmness and discord which existed ten years ago regarding the unfinished wall of the church, being bare of everything necessary to furnish a house of God. But by the persistent and diligent labors of Father Rebholtz, assisted by the good people of his congregation, we new see everything changed, the church being finished and decorated in a beautiful and costly style: three very fine gothic alters, a number of suits of very rich and costly vestments, the very best of altar furniture and ornaments, good pews and last but not least this fine large pope organ, which will not fail to be a credit to the congregation and its builders...

There will be an organ concert at the church on December 20th at 1 o’clock P.M.!”